Insanity and the Price

They say doing the exact same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result, response, or outcome, is a good definition of insanity. Which seems obvious, unless… you’re the one doing it. 

If you’re wanting to have something change in your life then you need to stop the cycle that continues around and around, right in the same path. The only thing that is providing for you is a deeper rut to climb out of later. 

To truly receive a different outcome, response, or result, you’ll have to make a change that will stop that cycle from repeating. 

That’s right, Ultimately, it’s all up to you! 

When people are stuck in a rut, they don’t understand why “it always happens to me” or “things doesn’t seem to work” or “it is what it is, why should it be any different”.  

Well, that last part is correct. Why would it be different? Especially when you’re doing the exact same thing! 

This type or form of insanity can cause issues with the person’s life, well-being and health. It’s the price they pay when their life is unbalanced and turned upside-down.

Work issues, Broken relationships, or anything they need to change, will remain broken, while their depression, anxiety, and emotional stress levels increases, creating a domino effect on the persons overall health. All because nothing changes and the outcomes stay the same each and every day. 

Unfortunately, when things continue on for a long period of time, it becomes a habit or an automatic reflex, that causes the person to respond in the same manner every time. Even in different situations that are similar enough to trigger the reaction response without even thinking about it. It’s become a pattern at this point just like an automatic reflex from muscle memory. 

Once you realize the habit, you’re in, then you can begin to deliberately make changes for the good to receive a better end result when situations arise. This is when things will begin to change and a happier life will start to show.

In a lot of cases though, people think it’s all the other person’s fault. Guess what, the other person is only 50% of the equation. Now that’s something to think about. Truth is, our own response is the other half of the equation, meaning its part of the trouble too. 

A lot of the time, we ourselves, are the other person causing the problems in our own life. That’s correct, read the sentence again. 

A lot of the time, we ourselves, are the other person causing the problems in our own life. 

Here are a couple examples to provide a visual. If you’re wanting to be healthier but only sit in your chair watching the television all the time, then it’s not the doctor’s fault or the medication for not working. It’s you! That’s right, you’re the one not doing what the doctors recommends or working to get better by taking the medication. It’s like taking a horse to water. It’s up to the horse to drink because you’re not going to be able to make the horse drink, now are you.

If there’s constant arguments and fighting going on with another person, they’re not all to blame, what’s the other half of the argument, the other half of the fight… it’s you! 

That’s correct, your reaction to the situation is the other diameter of the equation. Your response can either add fuel to the fire or put it out. But if it’s happening all the time, you’re not choosing to put it out. 

Now, I understand that’s harsh to hear but, the truth is sometimes a hard pill to swallow yet, the best pill to receive. There are many people wanting to get well or make some type of change in their life, yet never do anything about it. But they still expect things to change. It just won’t happen! You’ve got to put effort of some kind into it.  

The cycle of this insanity spins as long as you allow it to. You’re in control of it so what are you waiting for? You either pay the price of doing nothing, which leads to nothing but having your life and health spin out of control one day. Or, take responsibility, step up, and begin working on yourself and making a positive difference in the end. 

Either way, the time will pass, life will continue and you’ll be on one path or the other. But the choice you make will affect your health all the way around in one way or another. So, choose wisely my friend. 

Be positive and attract positive. Be negative and you’ll get negative. It’s the same with running on the life “hamster wheel”. As long as you run the same way, the results will be the same every time. If you want change, slow the pace. Want more change, stop running. Want complete change, get the hell of the hamster wheel. Pretty basic stuff yet many never looked at their situations like this.

If you need something fixed then it’s up to you to get it fixed. There’s no magic wand or witchery that’ll do it for you. The bottom line is, only you can do it, whatever it is in your life. Sure, it’ll be work and yes, it’ll take time, but guess what?… that time will pass by anyway so why not use it wisely and become better through it? Aren’t you worth it?

Remember, the term oil in a person’s life is a reason for their stress levels to be high, leading to worsened overall health, mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. Perhaps it’s a good idea to start keeping an eye on which hamster wheel is better for you, before you start running on it or maybe not get on one at all. 

Let’s bring in this New Year with excitement and encouragement to move ahead towards growing out of the old and beginning a new, within our life.

~Best of Health & Positive Energy, ~ Healing Feather Wellness ~ “Balancing Body, Mind & Spirit” ~ ©2020